Festival organizers are announcing today that a limited
quantity of single-day general admission passes will be offered starting tomorrow,
May 1. The deal comes courtesy of a sponsorship arrangement with
statewide news site AL.com and Brett-Robinson vacation rentals.

"The Hangout Music Fest is a tent-pole
event for our audience, and the one suggestion we hear from local music fans is
that a single-day pass would create more accessibility," said Vicki Applewhite,
vice president for marketing and strategy for the Alabama Media Group, the
company behind AL.com, the Press-Register, the Birmingham News and the
Huntsville Times. "We are happy to partner with Brett-Robinson and the festival
to make this possible. This is a chance for people to experience Gulf Shores in
an exciting way, and we feel sure it will bring them back all year long."

The single-day passes are $89 and will go on sale at 9 a.m.
central time on Wednesday at the festival website. General admission three-day passes, by comparison, start at $229, and VIP weekend passes start at $999. Shuttle passes and lodging
and travel packages also are available.

While a bit of a
departure for the festival, the single-day option is not unprecedented. Single-day
passes were sold in 2010, the event's inaugural year. In 2011 and 2012, the
festival sold enough three-day passes to hit its capacity of 35,000 patrons
without ever putting single-day passes on sale.

There's
also a Hangout Fest Kick-Off Party on Thursday, May 16, featuring 14 acts on
two stages, including Umphrey's McGee, Benny Benassi, Railroad Earth, St. Paul
& the Broken Bones and more; tickets are $20 for general admission festival
pass holders, $45 for patrons without festival passes. Admission is free for
festival VIP patrons.